CH 128

[The Worst Case Scenario]

“Damn! Damn! Damn it all! Each and every one of you! Always getting in my way! Vigo! You must be watching somewhere, don’t you! Do something about these guys! Hey, you hear me!” (Gile)

With Genocider, which is his last ray of hope, getting injured, Gile, who is faced with a clearly unfavorable situation, begins to scram toward the empty space, displaying a shameful sight.

This is bad…

At this rate, he might kill the king.

Having caught a glimpse of Gile’s instability, I have the remaining mirage bodies to get near to him so that I could respond in case of unforeseen circumstance.

Meanwhile, Genocider’s mouth, which contains another ranged weapon, gets crushed by Alfine’s swordsmanship and Noelia’s magic, its body is completely covered with injuries.

“Gile-sama, I believe I have told you to refrain from screaming to the communicator.” (Vigo)

Behind Gile who screamed at the empty space, Vigo, wearing a cloak, appears.

“You told me if I publicly execute Linus and co, the hindrances would gather straight away and then I would be able to kill them all as rebels in one go, so I got everything ready in a hurry! Yet, look what happened! How are you going to take responsibility for this!” (Gile)

“Gile-sama, you are slightly twisting the truth… I just gave you the suggestion, it was you yourself who carried it out. Besides, I have never said a word about taking the king hostage. That said, I am extremely grateful to you for setting up this situation. You have done well for a scum.” (Vigo)

“You called me a scum! There are things you can and cannot say! Even if you are my father’s vassal, I am the next head of Radcliffe family!” (Gile)

“That was the case until yesterday. Your father has forsook you. No, to put it more correctly, he has carried on with his originally planned scheme.” (Vigo)

“W-what are you talking about. There’s no way my father would forsake me!” (Gile)

Gile objects Vigo with spittle flying out of his mouth.

“Now then, I have many things that I need to get prepared, so I cannot stay for long, therefore, I will have the unneeded ones to leave here.” (Vigo)

Vigo, standing behind Gyre, begins to manipulate something in his hands.

“Frick-sama! The Genocider has begun to emit pale light from its whole body! It is the same light as back then in the village!” (Noelia)

When I turn my gaze back to Genocider who is fighting Alfine, a pale light is emitted from its whole body as Noelia pointed out.

“Are you kidding! If such an explosion occur here in the middle of the royal capital, it would be a catastrophe!” (Frick)

I managed to protect the village by casting multiple barrier magic with all my magic power, but the rebounded blast destroyed the mountains and collapsed the tunnel.

If the power of such an explosion is set loose here, most of the royal capital will turn into a pile of rubble.

“Alfine, please stop from attacking Genocider for the moment! If that guy dies, it will cause a big explosion!” (Frick)

“Big explosion? What do you mean?” (Alfine)

Alfine, who is making fiercer attacks on Genocider who has become sluggish, stops attacking, hearing me.

“I don’t know the details, but if Genocider dies while being wrapped in that light, the royal capital will end up becoming a pile of rubble.” (Frick)

“You’re kidding right!” (Alfine)

Alfine might be half-convinced because she didn’t see the explosion, but I wasn’t exaggerating since I had personally experienced it.

“Now, Frick-dono and Noelia-dono. You two know the power of Genocider’s explosion. I can still stop it now, but for that, I need you all to throw down your weapons and surrender.” (Vigo)

I see Vigo who is wearing a cloak grinning.

“Well done! As expected of Vigo! Oi you mongrels, surrender now!” (Gile)

Perhaps because he sees that the situation has turned in his favor, Gile regains his vigor and forces us to surrender.

Vigo, watching behind him, holds the small cylinder in his hand at Gile’s head, before a red light pierces through his head.

Gile, whose head was pierced through by a red light, collapses to the ground, spewing a large amount of blood.

“Your father entrusted me with the disposal of the useless piece. But having said that, you can’t hear that anymore, can you?” (Vigo)

Vigo kicks Gile, who has fallen to the ground, out of his way and then pushes the tip of the cylinder against King Frederick.

“Now, I will ask once again. If the three of you surrender, I will stop Genocider from exploding and release King Frederick. Will you accept it?” (Vigo)

“You even killed Gile. Vigo…what is your aim?” (Frick)

I have no idea of the motive of Vigo, who went as far as killing his master and told us to surrender.

“For me, the three of you are human resources that I want so much that I am even willing to kill my master and reduce the royal capital along with the king to ashes, that’s all. I think Cinzia-dono, Philia-dono, and Danton-dono can well understand what I mean.” (Vigo)

“Cinzia-sama, Director and Sensei can?” (Frick)

When I turn my eyes toward the three, they avert their eyes as though refusing to answer.

“It seems they don’t want to talk. Well, given that Linus-shi brought the secret to his death, those three may also have the intention to sacrifice themselves like him. I have seized the research report and the magical device and send them over there; if I also secure the samples, we should be able to significantly reduce the time to complete it.” (Vigo)

Having said that, Vigo turns the tip of the cylinder, which is aimed at King Frederick, toward Director.

“Director! You’re being targeted!” (Frick)

I immediately start chanting to set up a barrier, but the red light pierces Director’s chest faster than that.

“Ugh.” (Danton)

“Danton! I’ll cast healing magic now!” (Philia)

Suppressing the blood overflowing from Director’s chest, Philia-sensei begins chanting healing magic.

However, the amount of overflowing blood seems to be enough to kill Director immediately.

“Vigo! You!” (Frick)

“If you had thrown away your weapons and surrendered, he would have been alive. It was your attitude that made me shoot, you know.” (Vigo)

Vigo shows his eyes that are filled with madness to me and shoot the red light from his cylinder again.

The red light pierces the chest of Philia-sensei’s, who is chanting healing magic, and then she collapses on top of Danton.

“Philia-sensei!” (Frick)

“Frick-dono, can you quickly choose whether you would throw down your weapon or let the royal capital be reduced to ashes as is? As I have said, I am busy, after all.” (Vigo)

“Kh! Vigo! How dare you, to Director and Sensei, I won’t forgive you!” (Frick)

I ready Dayle, before slashing at Vigo.

At that moment, several Abyss Walkers appears, blocking it.

“I will take that as your answer. Well, it is regrettable, but I am running out of time, so I will just finish my job. Frick-dono, you should remember that it was you yourself who made this choice.” (Vigo)

After saying that, Vigo points the tip of his cylinder toward King Frederick’s forehead and fires a red light from it

“King Frederick! Oh no! The king is! Vigo, do you know what you have done!” (Alfine)

“King Frederick is…” (Noelia)

Seeing King Frederick, who same as Gile, powerlessly fell to the ground while bleeding a large amount of blood from his head, Alfine and Noelia scream.

“Oh I know. King Frederick was killed by Frontier Count’s daughter Noelia, who, together with Linus-shi, planned to overthrow the kingdom, the still living Sword Master Alfine, and the adventurer, Crimson Magic Swordsman Frick, and because his magic went out of control, the royal capital was turned into a pile of rubble. That’s the gist of it.” (Vigo)

“That’s nonsense…” (Frick)

Hearing what described by Vigo, I can’t stop cold sweat from flowing down my spine.

“The outcome of that is not my concern. Now then, I am busy, so I will excuse myself. Oh and Frick-dono, I expect you and your friends to do your best.” (Vigo)

With a smirk, Vigo pulls his cloak low over his eyes and disappears.

Welp, the king’s end is so disappointing. I was expecting that he might be not as stupid and useless as he seems to be. I mean, he’s the king you know, so maybe, he’s just hiding his fangs because the corrupt nobles has grown out of his control and is actually been secretly gathering power? But nah, he just died without uttering even a single word.